Intel Core i5-13500H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs Intel 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6478 points
7084 points
9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8783 points
9220 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5800 points
6469 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5655 points
6362 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6443 points
0.26% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6426 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.36 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
159.93 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

16335 points
8% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
15043 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
22
37% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
85% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9 MiB
18 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
24 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

222nd of 1,089
186th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-7467

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-13500H vs Core Ultra 7 155H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 155H beats the Core i5-13500H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 155H has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-13500H has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13500H. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13500H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155H. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 155H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13500H. The Core Ultra 7 155H also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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